WOMEN mean BUSINESS and in LONDON theU.K. Women-led businesses all over the United Kingdom England & Scotland • Imperial Brands • Severn Trent • Whitbread • Halfords Group • Bromford London • Virgin Money • GlaxoSmithKline • BTG • Open Bionics • SSP Group • ITV • Kingsher • Grant Thornton • Blaze • Century Tech • Eporta • Peanut • Suitcase • Snap Tech • Seenit • Vida • Settled • Olio • Technology Will Save Us • Passion Capital • Provenance • Azimo • LiveBetterWith • Skimlinks • Move Guides • Wool and the Gang • Starling Bank • Unruly • Lantum • Seedcamp • TechHub • Badoo • Net-a-Porter • Entrepreneur First In 2016, women’s representation in senior management (21 percent) in the United Kingdom slightly declined from the previous year (22 percent), and over a third (36 percent) of U.K. businesses had no women in senior roles (the country’s highest recorded percentage). Source: Knowledge Center / Catalyst / February 7, 2017 Where Women-led Start-ups are in the U.K. North 33% West North 3% East West 74% Midlands South 7% East Source: Ben Chapman / The Independent / July 4, 2017 Based on a Royal Bank of Scotland Report in 2013, there are now 1.5 million women who are self-employed, representing an increase of 300,000 since before the economic downturn in 2008. Source: Tara Howard / Venus Voice / July 28, 2017 Advocacy The Women Version 2.0 in Business Network Communications Association The Grange, East End 500 Harrison Ave Everywoman Furneux Pelham Suite 401R Capital 3 Brad Street Nr Buntingford Boston, MA London, SE1 8TN Herts, SG9 OJT Education 617 426 2222 020 7981 2574 Mentorship Female Campus Entrepreneur for Mums British Association 4-5 Bonhill Street Association PO Box 164 London of Women Stockport, SK7 3WH EC2A 4BX Entrepreneurs Women 034 5257 8749 Entrepreneurs U.K. 084 5164 5000 www.womenentrepre- neursuk.com Forward Ladies Carrwood Park Selby Road Resources Leeds LS15 4LG Women for Women in Mean Biz Business 084 5643 4940 The Old School House 75a Jacobs Wells Rd FFWD Clifton, Bristol 3 Lesney Avenue BS8 1DJ Doteveryone The Broadcast Centre 019 3483 5396 Blooming New Wing Here East Queen Founders Somerset House Elizabeth Olympic Park http://bloomingfound- London London E15 2GZ ers.com/ WC2R 1LA National Women’s Network She Means The Admin Centre, Business The Business 46 Beaumont Manor Enterprise Nation Woman’s Blyth, Northumberland Code First: 133 Whitechapel Network NE24 4LP Girls High Street 016 7061 8628 www.coderst- London, E1 7QA 079 7930 3608 girls.org.uk 020 3871 2922 Women entrepreneurs bring in 20 percent more revenue with 50 percent less money invested. Source: David Prosser / Forbes / March 27, 2017 FINTECH Women in the U.K. make up 29% of employees in the nancial tech industry Female Executives in Fintech 17% 13% in Australia in the U.K. 9% in France Source: Oscar Williams-Grut / Business Insider / September 8, 2017 While women in the U.K. account for less than a third of those who are self-employed, they represent over half the increase in self-employment since the recession started in 2008. Between 2008 and 2011 women accounted for an unprecedented 80 percent of the new self-employed. Source: Labour Force Survey / Ofce of National Statistics 2013 U.K.’s Fastest-Growing Female-Led Businesses increase in revenue year over year 88% 42% 33% 28% Management Events Internet PR Consultancies Services Business Agencies Source: Lauren Davidson / The Telegraph / March 8, 2016 Businesses set up by women contributed £3.5 billion to the U.K. economy and created 77,000 jobs in 2015. The proportion of the U.K.’s female working population starting a business nearly doubled from 3.7 percent to 7.1 percent between 2009 and 2012. Source: Josie Cox / The Independent / February 28, 2017 www.v2comms.com.